Quoted phrases part 2

Every time you try to block a thought out of your mind, you drive it deeper into your memory. By resisting it, you actually reinforce it. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

That is what direction is all about, bridging the gap. -- Drumline

Alam ko kung nagsisinungaling ang tao dahil ganun ako. -- Mr. Villain of Captain Barbell

Ngayon, kung makukulong ako dahil sa pagiging isang ama, tatanggapin ko. -- Maala-ala Mo Kaya

Challenge is the space between what is and what can be. -- Kris Aquino of Deal or No Deal

Terms don't define our lives. Our lives define our terms. -- Boy Meets Girl by Joshua Harris

Wala na ata. Wala nang pasko. -- Bagyong Reming Victim

...ang karamihan nang tao ay walang pakialam, ang karamihan ng politiko ay walang utak, at yung ibang may utak... walang puso. -- Bakit Baligtad Magbasa ang mga Pilipino? by Bob Ong

Do you see a theme emerging? Women like flowers; men like food! -- Boy Meets Girl

Storm: Being angry can help you survive. Nightcrawler: So can faith. -- X2 Xmen United

Repetition is the mother of character and skill. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

It may be laid down as a general rule that if a man begins to sing, no one will take notice of this except his fellow human being. This is true even if his song is surpassingly beautiful. Other men may be in raptures at this skill, but the rest of creation is, by and large, unmoved. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell by Susanna Clarke

Most of us are naturally inclined to struggle against the restrictions our friends and family impose upon us, but if we are so unfortunate as to lose a loved one, what a difference then! Then the restriction becomes a sacred trust. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell

Drawing teaches habits of close observation that will always be useful. -- Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norell

(Victor Neri): HIndi naman sa nakikialam noh, pero, may problema ba? Baka makatulong ako. Charming: Sa dami po ng problema ko, pati Diyos ko hindi na ako matulungan. -- Bakekang

The real woman does not want to be equal but different. -- The satire of Federico Mangahas

There is a saying that, paper is more patient than man. -- Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl

This is the beginning of the end (talking about the war)... Everyone was saying... But the British Prime Minister said, "This is not the end. It is not even the beginning of the end. But it is, perhaps, the end of the beginning." Do you see the difference? -- Anne Frank: The Diary of A Young Girl

The firm has two cats, one for the warehouse and one for the attic. Now it occasionally happen that the two cats met; and the result was always a terrific fight. The aggressor was always the warehouse cat yet it was always the attic cat who managed to win - just like among nations. --The Diary of A Young Girl

Even now, I believe that for the most part, love is about choice. It's about putting down the poison and the dagger and making your own happy ending... most of the time. But sometimes, despite all your best intentions, fate wins anyway. -- Grey's Anatomy

One need not put up with unpleasant things. There are remedies after all. -- A Book of Dreams by Christina Pantoja Hidalgo

A cheat by any tongue would smell just as foul. -- Shakespeare

If you dwell on all the bad things in life you'll miss all the good things! -- Just My Luck

Everyone seems to have a clear idea of how other people should lead their lives, but not about his or her own. -- The Alchemist

Mangarap ka at abutin mo ito. Wag mo sisihin ang sira mong pamilya, palpak mong syota, pilay mong tuta, o mga lumilipad na ipis...Kung may pagkukulang sayo ang mga magulang mo, pwede kang manisi at magrebelde... tumigil sa pag-aaral, mag drugs ka, magpakulay ng buhok sa kilikili... Sa bandang huli, ikaw din ang biktima... Rebeldeng walang napatunayan at bait sa sarili. -- Bakit Blaliktad Magbasa nga Libro ang Pilipino?


There is a certain desperate loneliness of two parallel lines that will never meet within the same plane. -- Anonymous



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Quoted phrases from different sources.

Elections are the lifeblood of freedom; they are the heart of democracy. -- Conrado de Quiros


If you have enough dough to buy yourself a luxurious yacht, but no real friends to sail with you, you're sunk. -- Reader's Digest

Do not take counsel of your fears lad... fortune favors the brave. -- Babe 2


Their father: Danny.. ahm.. Listen, You.. are a .. special kid. Okay? Danny: That's what people say when they can't say anything. -- Jumanji 2



Passion drives perfection. The highest achievers in any field are those who do it because of passion, not duty or profit. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

I've been living in the jungle for 26 years. I've seen things which you only see in nightmares... Afraid? You don't even know what afraid is. -- Jumanji

Without fear, there can be no courage. -- Eragon

Life, as to Kierkegaard, can only be understood backwards, but it must be lived forward. -- Business Policy in an Asian Context


For the average civilized person to whom, as to Patrick Henry, even death is acceptable in the absence of liberty. -- The Satire of Federico Mangahas

One must lose one's life in order to save it. -- Federico Mangahas
Labor is sacrificed on the inflation rate's altar of oblation. -- Richard Gwynn
It is not the figures that count; it is what we do with them. -- Math D Professor

Too much humility is pride. -- Math D Professor

Kung minsan, sa mga panahon na magkakasama ang tropa, iniisip nating iisa ang ating nakikita... tinitingnan.. Hindi pala.. Iba-iba pala ang tintingnan.. ang nakikita. --Pitong Dalagita

You're right Joker. The best punchline is the one you don't see coming. -- Batman


I hate you because I could never hate you enough! -- Jackie Madrigal of Maging Sino ka Man

Her only shame was that she felt none. -- The Horse Whisperer by Nicholas Evans

Smells could bring a person back clearer than pictures even could. -- Breathing Lessons by Anne Tyler


Imagine a king fighting his own battle... What a sight! -- Achilles of TROY

Ghosts... they are the completions of the deads intended gestures, there unfinished plans still hanging in the air - something like when you forgot one thing and so you pantomime the motion. -- Breathing Lessons

Skepticism is luxury. -- The Saving Graces by Patricia Gaffney

Misery alternates with euphoria. -- The Saving Graces

Bad news doesn't hurt as much, if you hear it in good company. It's like, if somebody pushes you out of a 5th floor window and you bounce off an awning, a car roof, and a pile of plastic garbage bags before you smash onto the pavement, you've got a pretty good chance of surviving. -- The Saving Graces

Fear kills. Protecting yourself backfires eventually. And living in fear of pain isn't really living at all. -- The Saving Graces
It is not by the sword that the Lord God will deliver his people, but by the staff of a shepherd. -- Moses
Women are the discerning ones when it comes to the dynamics of interpersonal relationship. -- The Saving Graces

In the arithmetic of love, one plus one equals everything, and two minus one equals nothing. -- Mignon McLaughlin
Take away love, and our earth is a tomb. -- Robert Browning
Alam kong mahal ka rin niya. The mere fact na iniiwasan ka niya, ibig sabihin, takot siya na isugal ang anumang nararamdaman niya para sa'yo. -- Glady Gimena


Youth must triumph... now. Afterwards, it will be life. -- The Anchored Angel, Jose Garcia Villa

Faith doesn't give warranties. -- She's Come Undone by Wally Lamb

Your children are not your children. They are the sons and daughters of life's longing for itself. -- She's Come Undone

Past is past... no it's not! People are always fond of saying that, but what's past is never past; not entirely. -- Breathing Lessons
Look beyond what you see... -- Lion King

It is the invisible that sustains the visible. -- Conrado de Quiros

Topics... are what people talk about when they don't know each other well. Topics... are what men talk about. -- The Saving Graces


An informed customer is a satisfied one. -- The Saving Graces

In the fifties... when they had their summer parties - there were always different colored lanterns on the lawn... and I get the funniest chill. In the end the bright colors always go out of life, have you noticed that? In the end, things always look gray, like a dress that's been washed too many times. -- Dolores Claiborne by Stephen King

Don't indulge your ego at the expense of your soul. -- The purpose - Driven Life

Every parent knows that delayed and partial obedience is really disobedience. -- The Purpose - Driven Life

People in my profession are second only to barmen in knowing about the problems of the heart. -- If Only

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